The twins cheered: "Great!"
"Let’s go!" Xue Yuantong picked up the plastic bucket.
Everyone set off together for the river dam.
The ground was still damp, but the water in the roadside puddles had noticeably receded a bit. Jiang Ning walked to the position of the water channel; the rushing water from yesterday had weakened slightly.
If Bai Yuxia went into the water now, she might be able to stand steadily.
However, Jiang Ning didn’t bother with the net; he headed east a short distance to the small arched bridge they usually pass on their way to school.
Jiang Ning stood by the bridge and looked down; the water channel passed under the bridge, flowing through a slightly sloped path into a river about seven or eight ters wide.
His Divine Sense swept over the area, noticing many fish swimming upstream—carp, crucian carp, snakehead fish, slender fish, and even so yellow catfish.
Xue Yuantong grabbed his arm, cautiously peeking down, both curious and fearful.
Chen Siyu stealthily approached Xue Yuantong from behind, intending to scare her, but was pulled back by her sister.
"Jiang Ning, Jiang Ning, there’s fish, there’s fish! Did you see that?" Xue Yuantong exclaid.
Then, she quickly covered her mouth, worried about scaring the fish away below.
At this mont, there were pedestrians on the dam who noticed Jiang Ning and his group, especially since he had brought professional fishing nets and the twins in the team were quite conspicuous—that always earned them a second glance wherever they went.
However, they rely watched from the dam, without making a fuss.
"Let’s first..." Jiang Ning explained so simple techniques; normally, the girls were smart enough and quickly understood.
Xue Yuantong promised: "Leave it to !"
Chen Siyu wanted to say sothing else; she wanted to experience the first attempt with Jiang Ning, but her sister Chen Siqing stopped her.
Ultimately, the first collaboration was undertaken by Xue Yuantong.
Seeing Tongtong’s excited expression, Jiang Ning took out a Godspeed Talisman from his storage ring, a leftover from their climb up Taishan last ti.
He flicked his fingers, sticking the talisman onto Xue Yuantong.
As she walked down the muddy slope, she beca increasingly light-footed.
When she reached under the bridge, the water was babbling gently; amidst the clear water, dark brown crucian carp swam, flicking their tails, nimbly darting into the puddles under the bridge.
Xue Yuantong suppressed her joy and accepted the bamboo pole from Jiang Ning; the two positioned themselves north and south, using the fishing net to block the two to three ters wide stream.
The fish swimming upstream suddenly had no way back.
Jiang Ning picked up so stones to weigh down the bottom of the fishing net, preventing fish from slipping through.
Xue Yuantong laughed heartily: "Si Yu, Siqing, and Yuxia, hurry down and catch fish with us!"
Today, she’s catching turtles in a jar!
She stepped into the water, splashing waves, disturbing many fish.
The fish frantically tried to escape back to the river but were blocked by the net.
With the Godspeed Talisman strengthening her, Xue Yuantong was swift like never before; she reached into the water and grabbed a palm-sized crucian carp.
The slimy crucian carp struggled desperately but couldn’t escape Xue Yuantong’s grip.
Chen Siyu thought to herself: ’If Tongtong can catch a fish, then I can easily do the sa.’
Thinking that, she stepped into the water and started fishing.
From under the bridge to the path outside, the water was less than twenty centiters deep; even this shallow water was not easy for those inexperienced in fishing.
Not to ntion wild waters; even if a few crucian carp were put in a large basin at ho, few people could catch them easily.
Bai Yuxia caught a crucian carp and a small snakehead fish.
On the contrary, the twin sisters caught nothing.
anwhile, Xue Yuantong kept reaping one catch after another.
While they caught fish with enthusiasm, so people on the dam couldn’t resist anymore.
In later tis, many strears got imnse popularity from catching fish in the wild; moreover, now, seeing it in person at the river dam, people ran down to watch.
It was the middle-aged man who drove the luxury Cayenne yesterday.
He observed for a few minutes, saw the twins still failing to catch a fish, and couldn’t hold back his restless heart, offering guidance from afar:
"That’s not how you catch fish; here’s how you use both hands."
He demonstrated scooping water with both hands: "Grab along the riverbed."
"Ah yes, yes, yes!" he shouted.
The twins were very receptive to advice and tried using techniques to catch fish, preparing to showcase their skills.
As a result, Xue Yuantong beside them, who was inexplicably taller than them, walked on the water with her hands behind her back, like a peerless master.
Her eyes seed to flash, and in the next mont, her gaze locked, she bent down and scooped up a black fish in her hands.
Chen Siyu: "Uncle, how do you explain this?"
Chen Siqing blad her sister for asking such awkward questions.
The uncle, being thick-skinned, said seriously, "The talents of people cannot be generalized. For example, I once fought a wild wolf on the prairie barehanded out of extre anger!"
He revealed the hideous scars on his forearm.
Bai Yuxia glanced at it and said, "Dog bite, wasn’t it? A puppy at that."
The middle-aged uncle laughed heartily, "Hahaha."
Having navigated society for many years, he reacted quickly, "A wolf pup, a wolf pup."
The uncle turned and left, returning to the dam to calm down.
Not two minutes later, Chen Siyu exclaid loudly.
She raised her hand high, holding a crucian carp with its white belly exposed, "Sister, sister, I caught it!"
Her excited voice changed.
Before she could feel happy, the crucian carp in her hand twisted suddenly, slipping through the mucus and flying out.
Her smile froze.
Like finding one hundred yuan, only to discover it was counterfeit.
Jiang Ning had his back to them, and a moving object appeared within the range of his Divine Sense.
Without looking, he gently raised his hand, and the crucian carp that was supposed to fall into the water just happened to hit Jiang Ning’s hand.
With a flick of his finger, the crucian carp bounced back and amazingly landed back in Chen Siyu’s hand.
The twins’ eyes were fixed in place.
Once they snapped back to reality, they stared incredulously at Jiang Ning.
He continued to focus on his own tasks.
Bai Yuxia had a thought: ’How did he do that, was it a coincidence?’
Chen Siyu, having recovered her lost fish, was less thrilled and more puzzled by Jiang Ning’s earlier action, considering it incredibly skillful!
Before the surprise could settle, Xue Yuantong caught another fish, prompting the sisters to dive back into their fish-catching endeavor.
As the netting session was nearing its end, the sisters had only caught one crucian carp, not even a tenth of Xue Yuantong’s haul.
The two girls were greatly discouraged; they always thought they were more skilled than Xue Yuantong...
While her elder sister Chen Siqing was still okay, her younger sister Chen Siyu sighed, "Yuxia, am I really so useless?"
Bai Yuxia replied, "Of course you’re useful."
Chen Siyu felt like Bai Yuxia was rely comforting her, so she continued to doubt herself, "I only caught one fish, Yuxia, you caught four, I’m so useless."
Bai Yuxia, being mature and persistent, couldn’t stand her classmate’s self-deprecation and decided to find an example to reassure her.
Bai Yuxia’s gaze swept around and she found it.
Under the bridge, where there was a large flat area, so soil was carried here by the water flow, continuously flushed to form several water pools.
Bai Yuxia explained, "You’re not catching fish because you’re inexperienced. With more practice, you’ll certainly see a big change."
"Tongtong used to catch fish often, that’s why she’s so good. As for , I have a dance background, so I’m slightly better physically than average."
Hearing this, Chen Siyu perked up a bit; her lack of catch was due to her inexperience.
Chen Siyu’s disappointnt gradually faded, replaced by a pure smile: "If I catch more, I won’t be like this anymore."
Bai Yuxia added with more encouragent, pointing to the small puddle not far away, and like a gentle big sister, encouraged:
"Look at those little tadpoles, they’re very tiny, right? But who knows, they’ll transform and beco frogs. The sa goes for people; after gaining more experience, they undergo growth and transformation."
"Yes, yes!" Chen Siyu nodded vigorously like a chick pecking at rice, grateful for her tablemate speaking so much to encourage her.
Xue Yuantong, observing the little tadpoles in the puddle, frowned in thought, then inappropriately corrected:
"Xiaxia, those little tadpoles are pitch black and like to cluster together. From what I can judge, when they grow up, they won’t turn into frogs but rather into toads."
Upon hearing this, the faintly smiling Bai Yuxia suddenly stopped smiling, her smooth cheeks suddenly flushing red.
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